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By Laura Knoy on Friday, May 31, 2002.

We’ll talk about elections - the Smith-Sununu race is heating up. And we’ll talk about what congress is focusing on this summer, including the September 11th investigation. Laura's guests are Jayne Marcucci, NH Republican Party Executive Board [http://www.nhgop.org] and Colin Van Ostern, Communications Director for the NH Democratic Party [http://www.nh-democrats.org]

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More MTBE Suits in Progress.

By Av Harris on Friday, May 31, 2002.

New Hampshire’s Attorney General’s office is expected to decide in coming months whether to sue oil companies over MTBE contamination of the state’s water supplies.
Originally put into gas to clean auto emissions, MTBE has polluted thousands of groundwater sources across the country.
One lawsuit against several oil companies is before a jury in California.
Another is going forward in Rhode Island, as correspondent Av Harris reports from Providence.

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Making Foreign Languages Fun

By John Walters on Friday, May 31, 2002.

John Rassias is a professor at Dartmouth, and a renowned teacher of language teachers. The Rassias Method is aimed at engaging the students and getting them to talk as much as possible. John Rassias will talk about his method, and what's wrong with traditional foreign language courses and he teaches John a little Greek. Find out more about John Rassias by visiting www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/rassias

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State Employees could win $10,000

By Mark Bevis on Friday, May 31, 2002.

State employees are eligible for a new contest.

If they work in one of the 1100 state owned and operated facilities - anything from a shed to an office building - they could win up to 10 thousand dollars.

Hamilton McLean is the state's Energy Manager.

He described the contest's rules to NHPR's Mark Bevis.

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